From 0fb7650786e9574d978015b8986686e10b2330e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Idan Pazi <idan.kp@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 15:17:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix returned value of win32file.ReadFile

returns an PyOVERLAPPEDReadBuffer that needs to be converted to str.
---
 lib/scripts/lyxpreview_tools.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/scripts/lyxpreview_tools.py b/lib/scripts/lyxpreview_tools.py
index 1a6b1c1f7f..c75563d464 100644
--- a/lib/scripts/lyxpreview_tools.py
+++ b/lib/scripts/lyxpreview_tools.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def run_command_win32(cmd):
         try:
             hr, buffer = win32file.ReadFile(stdout_r, 4096)
             if hr != winerror.ERROR_IO_PENDING:
-                data = data + buffer
+                data = data + str(buffer)
 
         except pywintypes.error as e:
             if e.args[0] != winerror.ERROR_BROKEN_PIPE:
-- 
2.39.5